Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents White Females, 2024
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 9,966 250.7
2. Malignant neoplasms 8,360 210.3
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,033 76.3
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,592 65.2
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,456 61.8
  All Causes 41,442 1,042.6
     
Under 1 year 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 31 88.8
2. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 21 60.2
3–4. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy
Sudden infant death syndrome
8 22.9
5. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes 6 17.2
  All Causes 124 355.4
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 7 4.7
2. Malignant neoplasms 2 *
3–6. Assault (homicide)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Infections of kidney
Influenza and pneumonia
1 *
  All Causes 16 10.8
     
5-14 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 8 1.9
2. Accidents 6 1.4
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 5 *
4. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 4 *
5–7. Assault (homicide)
Diseases of heart
Influenza and pneumonia
2 *
  All Causes 42 10.0
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 49 10.2
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 26 5.4
3. Malignant neoplasms 7 1.5
4–5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Diseases of heart
6 1.3
  All Causes 119 24.9
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 89 18.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 44 9.1
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 31 6.4
4. Diseases of heart 18 3.7
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 14 2.9
  All Causes 284 58.9
     
35-49 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 265 37.6
2. Accidents 208 29.5
3. Diseases of heart 133 18.9
4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 87 12.3
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 53 7.5
  All Causes 1,187 168.5
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 1,593 201.5
2. Diseases of heart 723 91.5
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 239 30.2
4. Accidents 207 26.2
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 166 21.0
  All Causes 4,360 551.6
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 9,082 990.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 6,440 702.4
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,889 315.1
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,575 280.8
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,205 240.5
  All Causes 35,310 3,851.1
     

Note: Age groups do not add to respective totals because records with age not stated are included only in the "All Ages" row. Rates may not agree with those shown elsewhere in this section since records with sex and race not stated were randomly allocated prior to rate calculation for the other tables, and were not included in calculations for this table. Cause-specific rates are per 100,000 population.

Infant deaths were grouped according to 71 rankable causes of infant death from 130 Causes of Infant Death. For other age groups, deaths were grouped according to 50 rankable causes of death from 113 Selected Causes of Death. See ICD-10 Cause of Death Lists of Tabulating Mortality Statistics for a detailed lists of ICD-10 groupings.

Source: 2024 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimates by Age and Race (latest update 7/2025), U.S Census Bureau. .